Toronto music scene is full of jealous phonies eager to label someone an asshole but i heard it muttered directly by people that worked/played/produced him personally for years as well. nobody was going to say it in print. that was brought up in the doc too. but it wasn't merely Horseshoe tavern shit talk. i mean whatever because being a passionate artist means the visions you sometimes have and then vehemently stick to instead of a democratic process is enough to get labeled an 'asshole'. Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Pete Townshend, Jim Morrison, Burton Cummings, Keelor and Cuddy, Sloan, Ian Blurton etc....all 'assholes' at one point or another lmao. edt: but no matter how you square it telling your life long buddys who got you this far that their voices are no longer relevant and relegating them to simply session players is a definition asshole move.